When Edward was 18，he bought a second-hand car for $200 so that he could travel to and from work more easily than by bus．It worked quite  1  for a year，but then it got so old and it was costing him  2  much in repairs that he decided he had better  3  it．

He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly  4  to buy a cheap car，but they all knew that it was falling to pieces，so  5  of them had any desire to buy it．

Edward's friend，Bruce，saw he was  6  when they met one evening，and said，“what's  7  ，Edward?” Edward told him and Bruce said， “Well，what about advertising it in the paper? You may  8  more for it than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Bruce's 9  was sensible，he put an ad in an evening paper，which  10  ，“For sale：Small ear，uses very little petro．Bargain at $50．”

For two days after the ad first appeared，there was no  11  ．But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry（詢問）．A man rang up and said he would like to  12  him about the car．“All right，”Edward said，feeling happy．He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be   13  or not．“Fine，”the man said，“and I’ll  14  my wife．We intend to go for a ride in it to  15  it．”

The next morning，at a quarter to ten，Edward parked the car in the square outside his front door，  16  to wait there for the people who had  17  his advertisement．Even Edward had to 18  the car really looked like a wreck （殘�。� ．Then，soon after he. had got the car as clean  19 it could be，a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out．He looked at Edward’s car and then said，“Have you reported this  20  to us yet，sir?”

1． A．directly                 B．safely                C．happily               D．well

2． A．so                 B．such              C．very                D．too

3． A．keep               B．repair             C．sell                 D．throw

4．A．a(chǎn)nxious              B．lucky              C．fortunate            D．generous

5．A．some                B．a(chǎn)ll                 C．none                D．most

6． A．delighted            B．sad                C．calm                D．surprised

7．A．on                   B．up                C．in                  D．a(chǎn)round

8．A．learn                   B．miss                C．get                  D． find

9．A． message        B．a(chǎn)dvice            C．request                 D．description

10． A． read              B．translated           C．wrote              D． appeared

11．A．doubt                B．help                C． point              D．a(chǎn)nswer

12． A．tell                  B．see                  C．a(chǎn)gree                D． call

13．A．exact              B．suitable             C．early                D．late

14．A．follow              B．meet              C． bring              D．introduce

15．A．recognize           B．get                C．a(chǎn)dmire                 D．test 

16．A． happening           B．meaning             C．turning               D．failing

17．A．received             B．watched            C．a(chǎn)nswered                   D．placed

18．A．forget               B．show                    C．disagree              D．a(chǎn)dmit

19．A．a(chǎn)s                    B．like                 C．than                 D．such

20．A．reason             B．sale                 C．a(chǎn)ccident            D．result

1—5 DACAC        6—10 BBCBA        11—15 DBBCD          16—20 BCDAC

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　　In 1902 an important step was taken．The government said that haft of the side that was used for the address on the postcard could be used for messages, and the whole of the other side could be used for a picture．It was then that the simple postcard, as we know now, was created．

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In Britain in the 1890s, ________．

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A．

people were interested in sending cards

B．

people were interested in playing cards

C．

people were interested in collecting postcards

D．

people were interested in buying postcards

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A．

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B．

send me a card

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It was not until 1902 that the simple postcard as we know was created．

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Postcards were used only for collection in the 1890s．

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Edward Sims was born in 1892. He was the fifth child and only son of Herbert and Dora Sims. Herbert was a blacksmith(鐵匠), and had a thriving trade making horseshoes. He was determined that his first-born son would follow him into the blacksmith. For this reason, Edward had to leave school at the age of 12,and worked with his father.
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B．Local blacksmith becomes famous
C．The thriving trade of the blacksmith
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【小題2】What can you infer from the underlined expression “not cut out to be” in the second paragraph?
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B．Edward Sims did not like working with his father.
C．Edward Sims was not strong enough and it made him feel ill.
D．Edward Sims was good at it but wanted to do another job.
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B．the solicitor offered him the job because he was so fit
C．the solicitor gave him the job but told him he had to learn to read
D．the solicitor didn’t offer him the job because he couldn’t read
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B．The newspaperman liked him so much he gave him a job.
C．He ran himself into exhaustion delivering papers.
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“Yes!” said Edward. “I could have run myself to exhaustion delivering documents for a solicitor!”

1.What would be the best title for the text?

A．Success of illiterate newsboy

B．Local blacksmith becomes famous

C．The thriving trade of the blacksmith

D．Reading and writing-the road to success

2.What can you infer from the underlined expression “not cut out to be” in the second paragraph?

A．Edward Sims did not like being a blacksmith.

B．Edward Sims did not like working with his father.

C．Edward Sims was not strong enough and it made him feel ill.

D．Edward Sims was good at it but wanted to do another job.

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A．the solicitor turned him down because he wasn’t intelligent enough

B．the solicitor offered him the job because he was so fit

C．the solicitor gave him the job but told him he had to learn to read

D．the solicitor didn’t offer him the job because he couldn’t read

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A．He was such a good salesman that he went on to own 25 newsagent shops with another man.

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C．He ran himself into exhaustion delivering papers.

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     Students: “It’s twice as big as when Edward brought it to the class.”
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